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Apply to work as a peer consultant
What to bring to your appointment
For Multilingual writers
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What are we?

A place for all UMaine community members to workshop and professionalize their projects.
We provide one-on-one consultations across all UMaine college disciplines and genres, in writing, reading, and public speaking. We support document design projects (websites, online portfolios, PowerPoint presentations, LinkedIn accounts), grants, proposals, resumes, and research projects. 

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Where are we?

You can find us in the Writing Center: room 402, Neville Hall.
After 5PM, we hold consultations in the group study room behind the reference desk on the first floor of Fogler Library.

Who are we?

Peer-consultants: UMaine undergraduate students who were nominated to train as writing consultants in an intensive semester-long internship.
Any student can schedule with any consultant. They are all trained in workshopping writing conventions and academic prose across genres.

Apply to work as a peer consultant

If you’d like to apply for a paid peer-consultant position, this entails taking ENG 395, a three-credit writing and reading intensive internship where we train in rigorous peer-review. ENG 395 is only offered in the fall with the expectation that upon successful completion, you’ll begin consulting in the spring. 
If you’re interested, please request a brief letter of recommendation from a professor who is familiar with your work. In addition, please send two writing samples that represent your adaptability in dissimilar genres. Please also send your resume. 
After reading your submissions, the Writing Center Director, Paige Mitchell, will schedule a brief online interview. Applications are due by the end of April. Please submit materials or any questions directly to our Writing Center Director: Paige Mitchell: paige.mitchell@maine.edu.

ELL Specialist

We have an English Language Learner (ELL) consultant on staff. Paul England is a professional faculty member who has been trained to work with multilingual writers. See our website toolbar’s Meet Us page to view their portfolio

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What do I bring to my Writing Center appointment?

  • Your ideas
  • Rubrics
  • Any texts you are referencing (online or printed copies are acceptable)
  • Drafts of what you have so far

We work with you at any stage of your drafting process

So bring us nothing but a prompt so we can brainstorm together. OR bring us your final polished piece, so we can “oooh” and “aaah” together